Tim Beckham has been called up by the Rays and will soon make his big league debut, five years after he was the top pick of the 2008 draft. As we discussed at the beginning of September, it made sense that the Rays would add Beckham considering Yunel Escobar was […]

Playing A Little Pepper… The Rays will play an exhibition game in Montgomery next spring…Reminder: tonight’s triple-A championship game with the Durham Bulls will be on national TV (NBC Sports Network, 7pm)…The Rays have used 135 different lineups this season. That is a lot, but it is just the third-most […]

BJ Upton is having a horrific season even by the low standards of some Rays fans. He is hitting .190 with nine home runs, 26 stolen bases, and a .298 OBP (.258 wOBA). Those offensive numbers, along with his less-than-stellar defensive play this year, translates to a -0.5 Wins Above […]

On Monday night the Rays’ attendance was a dismal 10,724 and earlier today we discussed how the criticism was going to come today and it did. Here is a graphic that aired during SportsCenter today comparing attendance at the Rays game to a preseason hockey game in New Jersey. Sure […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. RAYS 6, Rangers 2 (boxscore) THE GOOD: Alex Cobb. In 13 starts prior to going on the DL, Cobb had a 3.01 ERA and opponents were […]

The GBT – The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe. Twins 6, RAYS 4 (boxscore) THE GOOD: And Then There Were Three. The Rays and the Rangers are tied for the two Wild Card sports. The […]

Wil Myers hit a long home run today to give the Rays a 2-0 lead over the Twins. The early estimate from the stadium was that the ball travelled 440 feet. However, based on where the ball landed, I would guess that when the mathematical estimate comes from ESPN’s home […]